Ireland

Ireland Denies Giving Apple Any Special Tax Deal

John Paczkowski in News on May 23 at 4:03 am PT

“Just because you heard it yesterday in a Senate committee doesn’t mean … it’s factually correct.”

Apple Says It Abides by Tax Laws, Loopholes and All

John Paczkowski in News on May 21 at 1:11 pm PT

“We pay all the taxes we owe. Every single dollar,” says Tim Cook.

Ireland: We’re Not Apple’s “Holy Grail of Tax Avoidance”

John Paczkowski in News on May 21 at 8:34 am PT

Ireland is “a highly tax-compliant country.”

Here’s What Tim Cook Will Tell Senators About Apple, Offshore Cash and Taxes

John Paczkowski in News on May 20 at 12:12 pm PT

Apple isn’t improperly ducking U.S. taxes, but the rules need to be reformed, according to the company.

Intel Capital Leads $9 Million Round in Mobile App Firm FeedHenry

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 2 at 1:22 am PT

App development in the cloud.

Out-Trending the Trendmakers: NewsWhip Says It Defeats Twitter and Facebook’s Filter Bubbles

Eric Johnson in Social on January 25 at 7:00 am PT

Friends? Who needs friends when you can just fall back on everybody to keep you informed?

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SkillPages Launches Mobile App for Finding Odd Jobs

Eric Johnson in Mobile on December 11, 2012 at 8:30 am PT

Dublin-based SkillPages, a start-up for short-term jobs, plans to launch its first mobile app today. The site connects users who have various skills — ranging from accounting to photography — with the instances where those skills are in demand. SkillPages’ network is currently much denser in the U.K. than it is in the U.S., but the new iPhone app is aimed at making local connections easier, as this promotional screenshot shows.

Google Stashed $2B in Taxes in the Bermuda Triangle in 2011

Liz Gannes in News on December 10, 2012 at 7:32 am PT

In which Google taxes mysteriously disappear.

Dropbox Picks Dublin for Its Second Office

Liz Gannes in News on December 3, 2012 at 10:00 pm PT

Dropbox, the San Francisco online syncing and storage provider, is establishing an international presence to better serve a global clientele.

News Byte

Cisco Acquires Wi-Fi Location Player ThinkSmart Technologies

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 26, 2012 at 10:30 am PT

Networking giant Cisco Systems said today that it had acquired ThinkSmart Technologies, an Irish company that provides location data analysis using Wi-Fi technology. ThinkSmart’s technology analyzes information on the movement of people within a building, looking for patterns by time of day, length of stay and other factors to help companies that operate buildings — such as event spaces — plan better and ensure that crowds flow better. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.